Jama Masjid (literally Friday Mosque), also known as Jami or Jumma Mosque, is the most splendid

mosque of Ahmedabad, built in 1424 during the reign of Ahmed Shah I. Lying in the old walled city, the
mosque is situated outside Bhadra Fort area, along the south side of the road extending from Teen Darwaza to
Manek Chowk. The Jama Masjid of Ahmedabad was probably the largest mosque in the Indian subcontinent
built in this period. The mosque is located south of the processional axis that runs from the Maidan-I Shah at
the door with three arches, Teen Darwaza. Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad is one of the greatest mosques of India.
It was built in the year 1423. Jama Masjid was built by Sultan Ahmed Shah, who was the founder of city
Ahmedabad. The mosque was originally intended only for private use of the sultans. The inscription on the
mihrab commemorates the inauguration of the mosque on January 4, 1424. It took around 16 years for
construction. Architecture of Jama Masjid is a blend of Hindu and Muslim Styling. Do you know that Jama
masjid was built using rescued item which was made from demolished Hindu and Jain temples. A major
aspect of Indo- Islamic architecture is the symmetrical nature of buildings and courtyards. Built with yellow
sandstone. One enters the court by three entrances, one at the center of each side. The courtyard is lined
with a colonnade on three sides, the prayer hall occupies the fourth (east) side. In the center of the
courtyard is a rectangular basin for ablutions. The wide-open courtyard, floored with white marble, is
ringed by a colonnade painted with giant Arabic calligraphy. The prayer room is also rectangular and
covered by four domes. . Some of the central domes are carved like lotus flowers, closely related to the
typical domes of Jain temples; and some of the pillars are carved with the form of a bell hanging on a
chain, like the bells that often hang in Hindu temples. The main prayer hall has over 260 columns
supporting the roof, with its 15 domes, making a walk through the hall a beautiful maze of light and
shadows. Pierced stone screens (the 'Jalis') are placed between the two pillars of the central openings.
thickness one single jali will be around 5 cm. The two principal minarets flanking the main arched
entranceway collapsed in the 1819 earthquake, their lower portions still stand. The main entrance is
framed by two columns, the remains of two minarets (the 'shaking minarets') which were destroyed by
the earthquakes of 1819 and 1957. Geography of Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the
River Sabarmati in the northern Barring monsoon, the climate is very dry. The weather is very hot during
the months of March to June. Keeping all this in mind they designed the structure in different stoerys to
let the hot air to pass easily from of the structure.